Performing
Beat
Rhythm
Symbols and Terms
Harmony and Pitch
Pop Music Trivia
100

perform Infront of Mr Peralta

YOU DID IT

100

A constant pulse in your body that doesn't stop, like the beat in music. Its very easy


Hint: I asked you to feel it.

Heartbeat

100

Clap or count the rhythmic patterns that go with the syllables in these words:

Ap-ple Pear Wa-ter-me-lon Ap-ple

1-and, 2, 3-e-and-a, 4-and

100

Tempo

Hint: Largo, Presto, Andante, Allegro

How slow or fast a song is.

100

List the solfege terms in order.

Hint: Think of your Do a Deer song.

Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do

100

The meter that over 90% of pop songs are in.

Hint: How many beats can you count or feel? Try singing one.

4/4

200

Perform the blinded by the lights

GREAT


200

A beat that doesn't change speed.

Unscramble Hint: yteasd beat

Steady beat

200

Clap or count the rhythmic patterns that go with the syllables in these words:

Ap-ple Co-co-nut Blue-be-rry Ap-ple

1-and, 2-e-and, 3-and-a, 4-and

200

Dynamics

Hint: p, f, mf, mp, pp, ff

How loud or quiet a note is played.

200

What is the pattern to create a Major Scale?

Hint: What are the intervals, what kinds of steps? Remember: Piano white and black keys, C Major Scale

W W h W W W h. 

Whole Whole half Whole Whole Whole half.

200

What kind of rhythms are more interesting, syncopated (un-even) or non-syncopated (even)?

Hint: syncopated = on the beat, in time, easy to count

unsyncopated = off of the beat, out of time, harder to count

syncopated, off-beat rhythms

Example: Bad guy - Billie Eilish

It's the mix and contrast of sounds off of the beat that eventually land back on the beat. Like on a rollercoaster going up only makes you want to come back to still even more. Going out in the cold makes you want to go back to the warmth more. 

300

Please sing or play any song of your choosing as a solo NO GROUPS by yourself

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300

This meter has 4 beats of quarter notes.

Remember: A time signature tells us "How many" and "of what"

A meter of 4/4. 

Top number = How many beats?

Bottom number = What kind of beats?

Simple terms - How many, of what?

300

Clap or count the rhythmic patterns that go with the syllables in these words:

Blue-be-rry Co-co-nut Wa-ter-me-lon Co-co-nut

1-and-a, 2-e-and, 3-e-and-a, 4-e-and

300

To gradually increase or decrease in volume.

Hint: < or >, they both end in "endo" and the second one starts with "de"

Crescendo or decrescendo

300

What does it mean to sing in harmony?

Hint: Singing the same pitch together would be singing in tune, not harmony.

When 2 or more sounds are played or sung at once creating consonance or dissonance.

300

What is the name or describe the kick drum pattern in a beat know as a driving force?

Hint: Contrasts against syncopated (un-even) rhythms, adds energy

4 on the Floor, 4 constant quarter notes

400

Please sing or play any song of your choosing as a solo or group of 2 or more. More Points will be awarded the harder the song and greater the participation from 100 to 1,000. DO IT FOR EXTRA POINTS

.YOU GET EXTRA POINTS


400

This meter has 6 beats of eighth notes notes.

Remember: A time signature tells us "How many" and "of what"

A meter of 6/8. 

Top number = How many beats?

Bottom number = What kind of beats?

Simple terms - How many, of what?

400

Clap or count the rhythmic patterns that go with the syllables in these words:

Pear Co-co-nut Ba-na-na Co-co-nut

Co-co-nut Co-co-nut Ba-na-na Ba-na-na

1, 2-e-and, 3-pu-let, 4-e-and

1-e-and, 2-e-and, 3-pu-let, 4-pu-let

400

What do the words D.C, D.S, al fine, 1st or 2nd ending, and a double bar line with two dots GENERALLY tell you to do in the music?

Hint: Think of signs on a map.

Go somewhere else, like traffic signals or directions in music, play something again.

A sheet of music is just like the map of a city.

400

What do the terms consonance and dissonance mean in terms of harmony?

Hint: Think of how they make your feel and lead you

Consonance - Peace/balance

Dissonance - Stress/tension

400

What Latin rhythm pattern that originates from Africa is seen all over pop music? 

Hint: It starts with the Spanish word for three and ends in "illo"

Tresillo or 3:2 clave/Bo Di-dly Beat or 5:4 clave 

500

Please sing or play any song of your choosing as a solo or group of 2 or more. More Points will be awarded the harder the song and greater the participation from 100 to 1,000. YOU BETTER TRY HARD

.YOU DID IT FOR EXTRA POINTS

500

This meter has 12 beats of eighth notes.

Remember: A time signature tells us "How many" and "of what"

A meter of 12/8. 

Top number = How many beats?

Bottom number = What kind of beats?

Simple terms - How many, of what?

500

Clap or count the rhythmic patterns that go with the syllables in these words:

Mac-a-ro-ni Bis-cuit Pop-tart Ba-na-na

Straw-be-rry Wa-ffle Pa-pa-ya Scram-bled-Eggs


1-e-and-a, 2-and, 3-and, 4-pu-let

1-and-a, 2-and, 3-e-a, 4-e-and

500

What are the 5 symbols or terms at the start of every song?

Hint: EGBDF or GBDFA, how many b's or #'s, how fast or slow, when to play loud or soft/overall feeling of the piece

Cleff, Key Signature, Time Signature, Tempo, and Dynamic or Expression Markings

500

How do song in a Major or Minor key generally sound?

Hint: Tempo has a lot to do with this

Key words: Tender, mournful, uplifting, relatable

Happy:

Maj - Bright and upbeat, Min - dark and upbeat

Sad:

Major Happy - Positive, uplifting, upbeat 

Major Sad - tender, heartbreaking, slow

Minor sad - Mournful, hopeless, slow

Minor happy - Negative, relatable

500

What style of playing came from an originally African beat pattern? 

Hint: Makes notes sound like they're swung, long - short - long - short - long - short - long - short

Sometimes in 12/8 time

Shuffle or the many applications: Blues, Jazz etc.

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